Topic: Marathon brainstorming thread

[Tom]

I think the October Horror marathon is the only community marathon I do not participate. If I remember correctly, I tried last year, but only managed to watch one or two movies fitting the theme.

[Achim]

I am going on "vacation" end of this month, only returning middle of September. So, I cannot participate in either one of those months. Not sure I'll do the horror marathon on October (have I ever ); I like watching horror, not sure I want to push 31 in one month

[addicted2dvd]

How about a Bones marathon? I know this is a fairly popular series here. So I was wondering if anyone here felt like a community marathon of the Bones episodes... as I felt in the mood to watch the episodes again here soon. I would be willing to go as fast... or as slow as you all wanted to go with it... if you decided you wanted to do this. Though I couldn't go as far into it as I am sure many of you could as I only own seasons 1-3. Of course season 3 has the first few episodes of season 4... so I could watch those anyway. Hopefully I could get the 4th season before too long.

Thoughts?... anyone up to it... or am I on my own?

[addicted2dvd]

guess not much interest at this time... so I guess I will just do a episode review thread as normal for it.

[Najemikon]

I would, but would struggle to keep up with a TV marathon, reviewing each episode. You do very well with those, Pete, and I'm glad you've gone ahead with your run anyway...

[Dragonfire]

I have 3 seasons of Bones..but I'm not in the mood to watch them.  I think part of the problem is that I'm just generally irritated with the show right now.  They did finally fix one big problem...but other stuff is ticking me off.  I am getting closer and closer to giving up on the show.

[Critter]

Okay so I am thinking of starting a new marathon, but I am going to run it by you guys first to see if you would be interested in seeing it happen or not.

I currently have two marathons here, one is the Buffy one which I will one day finish, I just take long breaks between watching episodes sometimes, and the other is the ongoing animated film one, where I just add a new review each time I watch a new animated film.

I am considering starting an Australian film marathon. I have lived here my whole life but the number of Australian films I have actually seen is embarrasingly low. This would be the same as the animated film marathon, as it will just be ongoing and I add a new review each time I watch a new aussie film, which could be weeks or even months apart.

Would anyone be interested in something like this?

[Achim]

That is a great idea, Sophie. I know a few Australian films, but it would be nice to learn of a few more.

[Critter]

Haha, I know hardly any myself. I was just going to go with the Wikipedia 'list of Australian films' and start trying to find titles off it.

[Kathy]

CoO Australia: The Dreaming: UPC 096009088194

[Sanuye]

I have 21 Australian movies:
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Mad Max (1979)
Mad Max The Road Warrior (1981)
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Crocodile Dundee (1986)
Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
Strictly Ballroom (1992)
The Piano (1993)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
The Sum of Us (1994)
Babe (1995)
Shine (1996)
Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
The Dish (2000)
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (2001)
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
In the Cut (2003)
Danny Deckchair (2003)
Happy Feet (2006)
December Boys (2007)

[Rogmeister]

Well, I've got a movie called "Australia"    I'm not sure what else I might have, though... 

[Critter]

I have 21 Australian movies:
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Mad Max (1979)
Mad Max The Road Warrior (1981)
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Crocodile Dundee (1986)
Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
Strictly Ballroom (1992)
The Piano (1993)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
The Sum of Us (1994)
Babe (1995)
Shine (1996)
Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
The Dish (2000)
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (2001)
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
In the Cut (2003)
Danny Deckchair (2003)
Happy Feet (2006)
December Boys (2007)

This is actually a really gret list to start me off. I have seen a fair few of them, but some of them I haven't watched for years.

[hal9g]

You should add Tim to the list.  Not sure it's Mel Gibson's first movie, but it's certainly one of his first.

[Critter]

Thanks for the tip Hal.